There will be many more plots like these in Europe and North America, but there are two things that must not be done in response: the jihadis must not be prevented from returning from the Islamic State, and domestic mosques must not be monitored. Both moves would be “Islamophobic” — and a jihad mass murder attack is a better fate than that.
“Belgium thwarts Islamist attacks — report,” AFP, September 20, 2014 (thanks to Twostellas):
The Belgian authorities have prevented several attacks by jihadist fighters returning home from Syria and by sympathizers with the Islamic State extremist group, a report said Saturday.
The daily L’Echo cited unnamed sources as saying the planned attacks could have been similar to the one on the Jewish Museum in central Brussels in May which left four people dead.
The suspect in that case, Frenchman Medhi Nemmouche, spent more than a year fighting with Islamist extremists in Syria and is now being held in Belgium on charges of “murder in a terrorist context”.
Up to 400 Belgian nationals are estimated to have gone to fight in Syria, with about 90 known to have returned home, L’Echo said.
“Our starting point is that among them, one out of nine aim to carry out an attack,” a source said. “That is a conservative estimate, if you also take into account the people who help them.”
The newspaper said its sources did not want to give details of the planned attacks nor of the operations to prevent them, for reasons of security and so as not to alarm the public.
Several arrests have been made, it added.
Officials declined to provide any details but did confirm that several operations had been carried out.
“We are working full time on the problem of the returning fighters,” Belga news agency cited a federal judicial spokesman as saying.
“We work together with the security services and that led us to carry out several operations,” the spokesman said.
Belgium like many European countries is increasingly concerned about nationals going to fight in Syria and Iraq for fear they will return home battle hardened and even more radicalized, posing a threat to security.
In June, a court ordered that 46 suspected members of Sharia4Belgium, a radical Islamist group believed to be involved in sending young fighters to Syria, should stand trial on various charges, including involvement in a terrorist organization.
John says
Another Islamophobic raid?
Why can’t you people stay tolerant and let the attacks happen? You horrible racists.
tpellow says
Meanwhile, in Tunisia-
“Tunisia jihadist group offers backing to Islamic State”
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=68114
Jay Boo says
There is a good link at that same site about Muslims seeking to get into Europe.
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=68115
Although they are escaping one hellhole, many pack-up and bring their hell-hole belief system with them.
Matthew Bracken says
It’s very telling that (by my rough calculation, based on various reports) the Muslims of Europe send twice as many fighters to join the Islamic State than join the military of the nations where they currently live.
Ivan Bogdanov says
Perhaps that is good thing? Every moslems in western military is a fifth columnist; a ‘Soldier of allah’ like the mad perpetrator of ‘workplace violence’, Major Nidal Malik Hasan.
More Later….
Steffen Larsen says
The latest fad I’ve come across is that just as noone would blame Christians for the atrocities done by the KKK in the name of Christianity, we shouldn’t blame Muslims for the crimes committed by Islamic State who anyway are twisting a beautiful religion beyond recognition.
There are so many holes in this, one knows hardly where to begin. For starters, Islam’s central tenets and scriptures are blamed, constantly quoted by the IS people, not Muslims in general, and the fad is gobbled up by people who know nothing about Islam but dislike Christianity, or think all religions are good and almost equal.
Ayatrollah says
Maybe just one more outreach program will clean this up.
Angemon says
Concerned about jihadis leaving the country? No, no, no, no, no, jihadis leaving is a good thing. The time they spend abroad fighting for ISIS, or Boko Haram, or al-Shabaab, it’s time they’re not spending planning terror attacks or practicing dawah in Belgium soil. Keep them under watch, get them if they try anything funny and don’t prevent them from leaving, but make sure that if they do they can never come back.
Anushirvan says
My thoughts exactly. Either they run the risk of dying or being imprisoned abroad, or either they have to stay there to endure the IS for the rest of their lives. Make your bed and you can lie in it ! That’s why they went there in the first place.
Ramesh says
Muhammad used to sell captured women to raise money. He was a pimp. All caliphs after him were also pimps. This is not religion of peace but religion of pimps.
Bezelel says
Stupid is as Stupid does, every countries leadership that allows these ghouls to come to their country is Stupid. The only way they can’t be stupid is if they want chaos. Then they would be criminally insane. Even if they opt for Stupid they are still criminally negligent and criminally endangering the citizens of every country these ghouls are allowed in. “Shelter in Place” and wait to die. That is their plan for us.
Ronald Parsons says
Unlike Belgium the U.S. won’t do much if anything to thwart the return of Muslim ISIS terrorists Some “friendly” Muslims say that to suspect all Muslims of hidden, evil intent is racist and intolerant. But I ask you: Where are all of these “friendly” Muslims when the time comes to speak out against deadly and barbaric acts carried out by Muslims here and abroad? Answer: They are silently ensconced in their houses. And the reasons why? They are afraid of retribution by the “bad” Muslims, or they silently agree with the “bad” ones; or they would rather not think about it at all.
In effect the silent Muslims become enablers of the murderous and barbarous ones. The result? Non -Muslims have good reason to fear if not detest all of Islam without exception.
To those who believe that Islam is a peaceful religion I suggest that they read an English translation of the Qur’an. Try the Dawood edition, easily obtainable. You will find that much of it consists of repetitious sayings about the universal knowledge and “merciful and forgiving” nature of Allah. However you will also find demoted status of women, and anti-Semitism. And remember when you read of Muslim atrocities in this day and age; the Qur’an is deemed by Muslims to be the word of Allah as transmitted to Muhammad through the Angel Gabriel. And to Christians let me say this: You are only marginally better than Jews in the eyes of Allah.
Denise says
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